Can a neighbourhood handle waste without passing the problem elsewhere?
A replicable solution has to explain labour, cost, segregation, collection and what happens after the gate.
From the ground
India
Stories, questions and evidence connected with India.
Your city’s AQI is 300. Does that mean your exposure is 300?
A public index, a pollutant concentration and a person’s exposure answer different questions.
What happens after the garbage truck leaves?
A visual journey through collection, sorting, recovery, treatment and disposal—and the gaps between them.
Can a restored lake stay restored?
The ribbon-cutting is one day. Hydrology, sewage control and maintenance decide what follows.
Can we trust the air-quality numbers we see every day?
A proposed conversation about monitors, models, missing data and how public numbers should be interpreted.
One water number. The context that keeps it honest.
J.K. Cement reported 3,235,683 kL of water consumption for FY2025–26. Here is what that figure can—and cannot—tell us.